‘So near and yet so far… with Christian Mason’: A podcast on France Musique
At the end of last month, an hour-long podcast with christian mason was broadcast on france musique, featuring excerpts of his work
‘George Benjamin et Julian Anderson le considèrent comme l’un des meilleurs compositeurs britanniques de sa génération. En résidence à l’Orchestre d’Auvergne, Christian Mason évoque pour nous sa musique poétique et aventureuse.’
‘George Benjamin and Julian Anderson consider Christian Mason to be one of the best British composers of his generation. The resident-composer of the Orchestre d’Auvergne, Christian Mason talks to us about his both adventurous and poetic music.’
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In this podcast with Laurent Vilarem, Christian Mason discusses his career and compositional output, interspersed with snippets of his work:
Christian Mason
Sympathetic Resonance
Orchestre National de France
Maxime Tortelier, direction
Commande France Musique - Création mondiale 2015
Christian Mason
Sardinian Songbook
Quatuor Ligeti
Christian Mason
Zwischen den Sternen (interlude) and yet, by how much still farther, what we learn from here and now
Ensemble Recherche
WINTER WINTER 2020
Claude Vivier
Trois airs pour un opera imaginaire - pour soprano et ensemble instrumental
Ingrid Schmithusen, soprano
Ensemble de la SMCQ
Walter Boudreau, direction
ATMA CLASSIQUE 2001
Julian Anderson
Heaven is shy of earth : Sanctus - pour mezzo-soprano choeur et orchestre
Susan Bickley, soprano
Orchestre symphonique de la BBC, Olivier Knussen (dir.)
Choeur de la BBC
ONDINE 2018
Christian Mason
Somewhere in the distance (Lost in the horizon)
Orchestre du Festival de Lucerne
Baldur Brönnimann, direction
Christian Mason
Man Made
Anu Komsi soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Gergely Madaras, direction
Christian Mason
This present Moment used to be the unimaginable Future
Quatuor Arditi
Biennale de quatuors à cordes Cité de la musique à Paris 2020
Franz Schubert
Die Forelle D 550
Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, baryton
Gerarld Moore, piano
WARNER CLASSICS 1990
Christian Mason
Shadowy Fish
Anna Egholm, violon
Sindy Mohamed, alto
Caroline Sypniewski, violoncelle
Ricardo Delgado, contrebasse
Guillaume Bellom, piano
Festival Nouveaux Horizons Aix en Provence 2020
listen to the podcast here
upcoming concerts
4th march 2023 | Mozartsaal, boulezsaal
PROGRAMME
New Work: ‘in unknown elements…in endless transmutation…’ by Christian Mason
Klangforum Wien will present a programme of works by Berio, Cerha, Furrer, and Neuwirth
See here for more info
5th march 2023 | Mozartsaal, boulezsaal
PROGRAMME
New Work: ‘in unknown elements…in endless transmutation…’ by Christian Mason
Arditti Quartet will present a programme of works by Britten, Lutoslawski, Gedizlioglu, and Lachenmann
See here for more info
22nd april 2023 | 7pm & 9pm | MÄRKisches MUSEUM, WITTEN
PROGRAMME
New Work: ‘Invisible Threads’ by Christian Mason
Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
Performed by Arditti Quartet, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Gareth Davis, Krassimir Sterev